Knititations

While sitting in the dentist's waiting room recently paging through old magazines, I found this amazing little camisole in the May 2005 edition of W Magazine.  The designer is Tao Kurihara, for Comme des Garcons.  Is this not just a jewel of workmanship? I love how the traditional Aran patterns have worked up into a cross between victorian too-too and campy 70's shabby-chic.  There is absolutely NADA of the typical Japanese minimalism here!  It has 3 straps, each one a different pattern.  It combines knitting and crochet, which is suddenly HOT, for those who can't commit to one format.  I want one, I need one, I should try to make one. In cashmere, d'accord.   

Click on the picture if you want to see all the wonderful details of the different stitches enlarged!

Hear that? Off in the distance?

The lazy, hazy, crazy daze of summer are softly screeching to a halt.  Can you hear them?  Sort of like a freight train way off in the distance.   The bad news is that Summer Is Over.  The good news is that means I'm ready to hold balls of wool on my lap again!  In fact I have gotten a good start on my Kim Chi Mega Afghan (mega because I am making it much larger than the pattern says).  I am loving this Berocco Foliage yarn.  The variegation is wonderful, it's nice and soft and warm.  I will post a picture of my early efforts soon.